Competition: Win Alternative Comedy Experience DVDs
If you like stand-up comedy Beyond The Joke has a treat for you. We have three copies of the DVD of series one of Comedy Central's The Alternative Comedy Experience to give away. The series was...
View ArticleNews: Sky Arts Awards For Bridget Christie & Nick Helm
2013 Foster's Award Winner Bridget Christie and Nick Helm have been victorious today at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards.Tags: Bridget Christienick helm
View ArticleOpinion: Equal Rights For Panel Games
So the world of BBC panel games has finally entered the 20th Century. Women don't just have the right to vote now, there is more good news. BBC Director of Television Danny Cohen has been quoted in the...
View ArticleNews: ARGComFest Line-Up Announced
The line-up for ARGComFest, aka Actually Rather Good Comedy Festival, has just been announced. The two-day Fringe Preview festival is returning for a third year over the weekend of July 5 & 6....
View ArticleEdinburgh Fringe Preview: Bridget Christie
As Edinburgh previews go, this one is pretty unmissable. To draw a topical analogy it’s a bit like Spain playing a pre-World Cup friendly, but with more laughs. Christie won the Foster’s Comedy Award...
View ArticleNews: Bridget Christie Announces UK Tour
Bridget Christie will be touring the UK this Autumn with this year’s Edinburgh show An Ungrateful Woman, as well as her 2013 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning show, A Bic For Her.Tags: Bridget...
View ArticleNews: John Kearns To Play London Shows
The 2014 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award winner John Kearns will be playing an extended run of his prize-winning show Shtick in London this autumn. Kearns will be at the Soho Theatre from September 24...
View ArticlePreview: The Week Ahead – Sept 8 - 14
As well as being a formidable stand-up comedian Hannah Gadsby is also an expert on classical art. She brings these two skills together in her latest show, The Exhibitionist, which opens at the Soho...
View ArticleNews: Radio 4 Comedy Commissioner Quits
Caroline Raphael, Commissioning Editor Comedy and Fiction, BBC Radio 4 and Commissioning Editor, BBC Radio 4 Extra has decided to leave the BBC early next spring.Raphael has worked across BBC Radio for...
View ArticleNews: Bridget Christie Radio 4 Show Tickets
Tickets are now available for two recordings of the second run of Bridget Christie's Radio 4 series Bridget Christie Minds The Gap.Tags: Bridget Christie
View ArticleNews: Chortle Awards 2015 Results
It has been a big night for comedy awards. As well as Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival Awards being handed out in Leicester, the Chortle Awards have been handed out in London in a ceremony hosted by...
View ArticleLive Review: Battersea Arts Centre Phoenix Fundraiser, RFH
The fire at Battersea Arts Centre on Friday, March 13 may have been devastating, but you can rely on comedians to find the funny side. Last night’s sold out benefit at the Royal Festival Hall kicked...
View ArticleNews: Occupy Stages Major Comedy Gigs
Occupy Democracy is holding its first Festival of Democracy, a ten-day event celebrating British democracy and the right to protest, featuring workshops, speakers and entertainment, on the front lawn...
View ArticleNews: ARGCom Line Up Takes Shape
The Edinburgh Previews season in London seems to have gone absolutely mental this year. Every day another venue pings over another email boasting a fabulous line-up. Most are cheap, some are free.Tags:...
View ArticleEdinburgh Preview: Bridget Christie
Today’s Edinburgh preview is a bit of a no-brainer. Bridget Christie has become a must-see Fringe attraction in the last two years. She won the Foster’s Comedy Award in 2013 with A Bic For Her and...
View ArticleBook Review: A Book for Her by Bridget Christie
Here’s a trade secret about book reviewers. I don’t think they always read every sentence of every book they write about. I wanted to make a point of reading Bridget Christie’s first book from intro to...
View ArticleNews: Bridget Christie, Josie Long & Count Arthur Radio Comedies
BBC Radio has unveiled its Christmas comedy specials and Bridget Christie is one of the major highlights.The award-winning comedian* will be fronting Bridget Christie’s Christmas List in which she...
View ArticleNews: Extra Dates For Bridget Christie
Bridget Christie has extended her run at the Leicester Square Theatre due to popular demand.The award-winning comedian will now also appear there with her A Book For Her show on 15 & 22 Jan &...
View ArticleNews: DVD & Live Shows From Bridget Christie
Bridget Christie is releasing her first live DVD special. Bridget Christie: Stand-Up For Her will be out later this year. To prepare for the filming in May the acclaimed comic is doing a season of...
View ArticleNews: Funny Women 2016 Launches – Register Now
The 2016 Funny Women Awards has been launched, with new categories and a new venue for the final. Since 2003 Funny Women has seen over 2500 contestants go through hundreds of heats. Previous winners...
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